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Europe’s agriculture: how to make food affordable, healthy and ‘green’

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Article Published 16 Dec 2013 Last modified 11 May 2021

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Photo: © G. Karadeniz/EEA

To produce food in sufficient quantities, Europe relies on intensive agriculture, which impacts the environment and our health. Can Europe find a more environment-friendly way to produce food? We asked this question to Ybele Hoogeveen who is leading a group at the European Environment Agency working on the impact of resource use on the environment and human well-being.